Angry dad sells $100 game for $10,000

After catching his 15-year-old smoking pot, a Canadian man sold
the hard-to-get Guitar Hero III video game he bought his son for
$US90 ($103) for Christmas at an online auction, fetching $US9,100
($10,420) from an Australian buyer.

The sale took place after the father spent two weeks searching
for the video game for the Nintendo Wii gameboard.

"So I was so relieved in that I had finally got the Holy Grail
of Christmas presents pretty much just in the nick of time. I
couldn't wait to spread the jubilance to my son," the father wrote
on the eBay website.

"Then, yesterday, I came home from work early and what do I
find? My innocent little boy smoking pot in the back yard with two
of his delinquent friends."

The man, a school teacher, who kept his identity private, said
he sold the coveted video game to punish his son and discourage him
from smoking dope.

The sale was a boon for the family's bank account, since the
game the father purchased for $US90 was finally sold to an
Australian who plunked down $US9,100 for it.

The naughty son, however, will not go without a present on
Christmas.

"I am still considering getting him a game for his Nintendo.
Maybe something like Barbie as the Island Princess or Dancing with
the Stars ... I know he will just love them," the father said,
tongue-in-cheek.